A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called “right to be forgotten”.
The European Union Court of Justice said links to “irrelevant” and outdated data should be erased on request.
Continue reading EU backs ‘right to be forgotten’ in Google privacy case
A robotic arm commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense to “repay some of the debt” owed to wounded military service members has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration eight years after its inception. Continue reading Robotic Arm Aims to ‘Repay Some of the Debt’ to Wounded Warriors
The state’s top lawyer will ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision to overturn a 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Continue reading Arkansas Plans to Appeal Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terror group on Saturday blew up a bridge that links Borno and Adamawa states during an attack on Limankara, a village in Borno State, witnesses and security operatives said. Continue reading Nigeria: Boko Haram Bombs Bridge Linking Borno, Adamawa
Two people were injured when unknown assailants fired two grenades late on Saturday outside the Government House in Bangkok, where anti-government protesters were camped. Continue reading Grenade blasts as Thai protesters keep up campaign
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s two eastern regions are holding “self-rule” referendums – a move condemned by Ukraine’s government and the West. Continue reading Ukraine rebels hold referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk
When the middle class feels pinched, politicians have to listen. But one person’s poverty is another’s trip to Aldi. Continue reading Beware the ‘Squeezed middle’ – they’re not that squeezed, and not that middle
On Monday the China Railway Construction Corp signed a $13.1 billion deal with the Nigerian Ministry of Transport to build a high-speed coastal railway in Nigeria, one of the largest foreign railway projects China has ever signed.
Under the contract, the company will build a 1,385-km single-track line for trains that will run at up to 120 km an hour. “The coastal railway will boost the export of Nigeria’s oil products. Additionally, as a significant part of the Western Africa railway network, it will also drive regional economic development,” said the head of the Railway Bureau of Nigeria.
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President Xi Jinping on Friday called for effective measures to prevent the ongoing campaign that aims to improve work style of officials from turning into “half-cooked rice.”
The campaign should not be reduced to a mere formality or conducted in a perfunctory way, Xi told Lankao County officials in central China’s Henan Province.
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Sarajevo’s city hall – housing the national library – has been re-opened – 22 years after it was destroyed by shelling during the Bosnian War.
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